The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil...

Old Soldiers Never Die (Farewell Address to Congress),

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.

They died hard, those savage men – like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.

We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of...

I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear – kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor – with the cry of grave national emergency.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it...

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

I shall return.

People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your...

I’ve looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that...

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an...

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty...

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Security lies in our ability to produce

And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see...

A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

There is no substitute for victory.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

If you must fire do a good job-a few casualties become martyrs, a large number an object lesson. …When a mob starts to move keep it on the run. …Use a bayonet to encourage its...

Last, but by no means least, courage – moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle...

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always...

We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war

a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past.

Last, but by no means least, courage-moral courage, the courage of one’s convictions, the courage to see things through. The world ;is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle-the roar of...

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It’s the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder — infinitely prouder — to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds,...

The holy mission has been completed

I have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.